Obama, Clinton, Palin: Making History in Election 2008
Obama, Clinton, Palin: Making History in Election 2008
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Abstract
Election 2008 made American history, but it was also the product of American history. Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Sarah Palin smashed through some of the most enduring barriers to high political office, but their exceptional candidacies did not come out of nowhere. This book explores how the candidates both challenged and reinforced historic stereotypes of race and sex while echoing familiar themes in American politics and exploiting new digital technologies. Chapters cover Clinton's gender masquerade; the politics of black anger; Michelle Obama and stereotypes about black women's bodies; black women's century of effort to expand political opportunities for African Americans; the lost legacy of Shirley Chisholm; why the U.S. has not yet followed western democracies in electing a female head of state; Palin and the political traditions of the American West; the populist resurgence in 2008; how digital technologies threaten the secret ballot; Palin's distinctive brand of political feminism; and the new look of American leadership.
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Front Matter
- Introduction Taking the Long View of Election 2008
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Part I Representations: Is Hillary Man Enough? Is Barack Black Enough? Is Michelle the New Jacqueline Kennedy?
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Part II Historical Precedents, or How Election 2008 Began before the Civil War
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The 2008 Election, Black Women’s Politics, and the Long Civil Rights Movement
Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore
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The Forgotten Legacy of Shirley Chisholm: Race versus Gender in the 2008 Democratic Primaries
Tera W. Hunter
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Hillary Clinton’s Candidacy in Historical and Global Context
Susan M. Hartmann
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Defining a Maverick: Putting Palin in the Context of Western Women’s Political History
Melanie Gustafson
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Populist Currents in the 2008 Presidential Campaign
Ronald P. Formisano
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The 2008 Election, Black Women’s Politics, and the Long Civil Rights Movement
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Part III Legacies: Democracy Undermined? Feminism Redefined?
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End Matter
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